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SYNur. . mislertoiu
shooting (o deaMi of attracliv
.nil Blfnshop make uj all jit
tery on (hit tirfld, stormy week
end at Farrington Bluff, home of
Michael' aunt. A eerie o
strung attack it apparently ex
plained when we find below the
blu7 the body of Michael' In
ane fattier, uppoedly tony tine
dead. But our relief it brief; Aunt
Martha i hot in the hou!dr by
an unseen hand. Who held the
gunT Mike; the Skipper, hit tall,
tweedy younger aunt; Gay Palm
er, hi red-headed uethfart;
Hiooln, the old butler; William,
the chauffeur; Cook; Annie, the
maid?
Chapter 29
The Sleeping Powder
A ND the murderer was t perron of
nerve. The murderer must hive
(tood calmly In the halL wiping 08
that fun. knowing: that the report of
It muit have bwn heard ill ova the
house. There vu my on srumbllnf
block. I could not conceive of HI
(In a I penon o. that type. Staid
and pompom, yea. But oervoT The
man had been (baking practically
continually ilnc our arrival on Fri
day. In the Ugh! of the 8klppar'
tor). It Memed quite probable that
'he had been shaking for soma time
Before that, too.
Gay ended my peculation mi
mentarlly by rlIni from the table.
"I'm going to beg one of thou
powder from the Skipper and lie
down.- h aid.
Michael and I rose, too. I with rud
den misgivings.
"Dou't do Itl" i tald harol.
Her eyebrow rote. "For Heaven'
take, why not?"
Feeling more foollih by the minute.
1 l tuck to my gun.
"It Un't nfe In thl bom. Take
aome more aiplrln o something."
She fUred at me blankly, and her
voice took on an acid tlnn. "Whv.
Jlmmle, you ha vet 't poUoned the
eieeping powder, have your" -
Her word (tartled more than they
annoyed me. My mind had been
dwelling on the foolhardln of
heavy (lumber In that devil-ridden
house. The possibility f poison had
not occurred to me. Like the dull fool
I was. I allowed my face to register
my consternation.
"So you have?" said Michael softly.
I whirled on him. "Do you believe
thtT"
"My dear Jlmmle." he wa actually
chuckling. "I'm beginning to think I
could believe anything."
It wa really happening. Mike wa
tending there, cold lobei and with
out trace of rage, calmly hinting
that I wa the murderer!
"I eel" I ald heavily To save my
self I couldn't think of a thing to ay
to either one of them. I faced them
tor I brief lecond. turned on my heel,
end strode into the library. If they al
ready holt believed the caie againat
me. what would be the attitude of
disinterested luryT
I went through a pretty bad Bve
minute before Mike lolLed me. He
was loading a pipe and he strolled to
the window without even glancing at
ma. I was tempted to do two things.
I was tempted to knock his block oft.
. and I was tempted to etalk out of the
room without speaking to him I did
neither. I stayed right there, welting
for him to speak.
"We were only kidding. Jlml"
I took plenty of time before I an
swered him. "Sorry, 1 can't pretend
to be amused."
Experiment la Laughter
TTC WORKED at the nine a while.
Then. "I'm w an Impossible
spot) Counting out the servant. I'm
obliged to luipect my family, my girl
or my best friend. It's not so eesy."
I could see that, but I etlU didn't
cars about being considered the wont
bet In the crowd. I wa silent
Finally be turned around. "A
eouple of hour ago I wa suspecting
myself."
1 couldnt rastnln a sulky grin. Ap
plying a match to hi pipe, Mike
(tinned beck at me.
"No hard feelings!"
"No hard feelings"
That was too much for me. We were
suspecting each other of murder es
we might have been suspecting each
other of salting the rice pudding The
Bound of my own laughter fascinated
me. I experimented with It Michael
didn't loin la
"Don't do that for God' ukel
He wa regarding m with a pus
sled frown.
"Sorry," I wheezed. "Ife o damn
Illy."
"Yea." HI face waa very grave.
"Jim have you had anything to do
with IhiaT-
I would have laugred again, but I
hadn't the energv,
"No," I said. "Word of honor. Mike.
Not e damned thlngl"
He looked me stre.ghl In the eye.
"Neither have I unless I'm out of
my mind."
Until that weekend I would have
accepted his word l. a lint a supreme
court decision. I half believed him
even then. But I had oelleved Gey
and the Sklooer and M. Farrington
also. And they nad aU lied. The
thought wa disconcerting. Mike,
reading It In my lace, grinned.
"You ee?" he said. I did tee all
too clearly.
"Mike." 1 said after a slight pause,
"did Gay tell you what the Skipper
asked her to?"
His eyes turned toward the Are.
"About my father?"
"Yes."
He nodded. "I saw him last night
Jim. When the Skipper feinted. He
wa sending In front ol Jude't door.
Then was so much fuss that no on
noticed, and I didn't lng out because
because I knew him. Funny, Isn't
It? Twenty-odd years I've thought
that he was deed, but I knew him on
the spot even knew what was wrong
with him."
So that explained Michael's sudden
notion that he was Insane. It also ex
plained how the maniac had gained
admission to Jude'e locked room. He
had been there, under the sheet when
I tint locked the door. And Jude's
body It wasn't a pretty picture.
-- " uu .ail l J gOOU
Idea of Norman Farrlngton's activi
ties, escaping from Higgln1 room, b
had somehow managed to get out
at th hnm. An ffi-l,-.. i .
" vu . l-J UlgUh 11
chancea were that he had spent most
of the night In the a rage, except for
the short time when the Skipper had
scared him away. It was even prob-
ui mei ne neo tnea to escape from
the Bluff In a car, only to And that
the bridge was down.
He must have gained access to the
hQUIA hV th h,f.f Ann. i
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down Cook and Annie es he came
Thee he had prowled the house, up
setting M. Farrlngton's room and
killing the cat In lust such a Bt ot
inuna frnv a, thm GUI-.-... u -.. i
.. - j - -,s unipirai i luu urrrii
fearing. He had probably scuttled for
the nearest door when he heard us
on the stairs, and his manner of eon-
ceaimeni witnin mat room was grue
somely evident Ourlng our excite
ment OVttr th RUIrtna, h.
down the hall to William's room
where
Lured To His Death?
MY THOUGHTS came to an abrupt
halt I had loci ed the door ol
Jude's room before William end I
met our accident It was still locked
when we examined It later, and the
lock had not been tampered with Yet
the madman must have entered that
room at least once in the meantime.
When the Skipper end I had dis
covered Jude's body, we had also dis
covered a lock that had been tam
pered with. Why? If Norman Far
rington could go through that dooi
once without forcing Its lock, why
snouio ne nave rorced It later? Had
someone else lured the poor bedev
iled old chap to his death? I Glanced
at Mike. He was staring Into the Are
his eyes heavy and brooding, his teeth
clamped tightly on his pipe item.
-Mike." I laid, "are you sure he
was standing in front of Jude's door?"
He looked up In surprise. "Positive
Why?"
Just wondering. Did you see him
go in there Jude's room. I mean?"
Why. no. He was still itandlne
there when I helped you pick the
Skipper up."
well. It didn't matter. Whethei
Norman FarrlnRlon had been seen
entering that room or not there wa
nothing to Indicate that he had stayed
there nothing but our Inability to
And him In the rest of the house to
Indicate that his hnd had olacot
Jude Bllnshop where we found her
The wading was gettlne deener and
deeper. I had s growing conviction
thst the death of Michael's father had
been no accident Unpleasant as It
would be for all of us, I began to wish
that the police would arrive.
My mind reverted suddenly to
M. Farrlngton's r'lor that she
ha4 keen a man' sleeve reflected In
ner mirror, -t we tvnslbl that the
old lady had been mistaken It wai
also possible that she had been at.
tempting either to shield or to In
criminate omeo.ie. The last Idea
wasn't exactly cheering. The only
penon who had been in any way in
criminated waa myself. And the Idea
of M. Farrlngton's Intending such
state of affaln was preposterous
I began to consider M Farrington
carefully. It occurred to me that I
should like to examine her room
again. I should like to know a thin
or two about the angle of her mlrrot
and the distance from the hall dooi
to her dressing table. The would-be
murderer had stood In that doorway,
of that much I waa sure. It would be
the only logical place to stand In
order to allow for a quick disposal ol
the weapon. And there were powder
burns on the back of M. Farrlngton's
robe. Yes. I very much wsnted to see
that room.
There were only two people It. the
bouse that M. Farrii.gton would at
tempt to shield In such an Instance
Mike and the Skipper. Gay. I tell
sure, she would hsve betnyed with
out a second's hesitation Since ,
knew that 1 had not been In that
doorway, there was little point In try
Ing to decide whether or not she
would have shielded me. Would she
protect Hlgglns? The question seemed
very Important
rCopvNcal. 117. Injur Tyler)
I search a corpse and And a key, to-marrow.
BACKSLIDER HELD
CHIEF CAUSE OF
rrfd M. We-therford, pastor evan
RellAt at the Church of the Nzar?ne.
apokf Sunday nlj?ht from th topic:
"Wham Slitl. I Fallow?" or "Proving
Ood.' H wad hi text from First
Kings 18:91. "If the Lord be Clod
frllow Him." Hla meMge, tn part, la
at folio wi:
"The context of my meaaage ta re
vealed from the flrat to the 30th
verses of the chapter and book cltd
above. The narrative Include Elijah
challenge to 850 Baal prophets, It
took plaoe In the 3rd year of the fam
ine, which reaulted from the prayer
of PI I J h.
Ood fammandPd Elijah to go ahow
htmvir to King Ahab. The king art
ed him, upon their meeting, "Art
thou he that troubletb larael?" T&a
very curt and pointed rwpoiw of
Elijah waa. "I have not troubled
IaracI, but thou ... In that ye have
forsaken the commandments of thte
Lord."
Every back -slider Is a stumbling
block to the church. More church
trotiblta are chargeable to them than
from all other sources combined.
The prophets of Baal had been mis
guided to aet up a false religion. It
is better to test the premtaca thl
lead to the conclusion of your re
ligious faith now for, If It be falee.
It will break down at the door ot
eternity.
Elijahs challenge to thrac false re
ligionism wba a proof teat challenge
to evidence the true Ood. and at the
aame time, show up the fair?. Elijah
and the prophets of Baal entered
Into a covenant to each place an
offering upon the altar. The aido
whtch was able to pray fire down to
consume the offering waa the teat
by which Ood should be proven.
The Bnal prophets prayed first but
their Ood proved to be a voiceless
myth of their own falae Imagination
Though thy prayed from morning
until evening, no reanoiute waa evi
denced. The teat of fire, tixlay. would
reveal many falee religions.
Elijah's simple, believing pt.iver
proved the Lord to b Qod and vln-
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author, lncloalng aumped envelope) for reply. Reg. V, 8. Pat Off.
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times, then prayed and Ood answer
ed In a flame of fire than consumed
the sacrifice.
According to the agreement, Elijah
brought the confession of Baal's pro
phets that the Lord was Ood.
Airmail Show Will
Be Held, Rose Fete
Every state in the union and sev
eral foreign points will be repre
sented In Portland's second annual
airmail tom show to be held in con
Junction with the city's rose festival
June 9 to 12, Postmaster Frank De
Souza was Informed today.
More than 60 cities have already
given notice of entries ana this
number Is expected to bo at least
doubled before tho show opens, Mr.
DeSouza said. Points planning to par
ticipate Include such distant centers
aa Portland, Maine, Miami, Fla..
Edmonton, Canada:, and Snn Juan,
Porto I co.
Med ford postal employes will par
ticipate again this year, Mr. DeSouza
said. Last year, with 43 cities In M
states represented by 348 entries.
M e d f o r d postoff ice won be verm
c wards.
Oregon Star Holds
Beavers, Then Loses
PORTL ANTJ, June 8. ( AP ) Bill
Sayles, University of Oregon ace
hurler. set the Portland Beavers down
with five hits In an exhibition last
night, but saw his Portland All
Stars drop the contest. 3 to 1.
Sayles' own wlldneas and poor sup
port in the field resulted In his
downfall.
The defending champions of the
Coast League tied the score In the
fourth and then went Into the lead
in the sixth.
Preakness Stake L'pped.
BALTIMORE, June 8. ( AP) Di
rectors of the Maryland Jockey club,
operators of Plmllco race track,
moved today to increase tho value
of the Preakness to 100.000 which ;
would make It America's richest stake !
for 3-year-olds.
Be Correctly Corseted in
AN ARTIS1 MODEL by
Ethel wyn 8 Hoffmann
ASK FIRE CHIEFS
TO ATTEND MEET
SALEM, June 8. (Spl.) Hugh H.
Earle, state fire marshal today gave
hla official endorsement to the an
nual convention and school of the
Oregon Fire Chiefs' association to be
held In Medford Juno 24, 25 and 28.
Mr. Earle has sent a personal ap
peal to the mayors of all cities in
the state urging that the fire de
partment chiefs attend the conven
tion and the school o. instruction
and demonstration In tho Interest
of advancing fire prevention work.
The marshal said that records ol
his office showed a decided down
ward trend In fire losses In relation
to values Involved. Hn attributed a
substantial port of this reduction to
Improved methods of control as de
veloped by the fire chiefs school.
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